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Angry Wizard wrote:

Shivok wrote:

magnuskn wrote:

James Jacobs wrote:

samuraixsithlord wrote:

Does anyone know if they plan on listing stats for Sorshen, Zutha, and Xanderghul at their full power? Maybe in the continuing the campaign section in the last adventure path.

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Wouldn't his full stat block not make for a nice blog post, if you already have it lying around? :)

I second this request maybe a blog that presents things that did not make it to the books and were left on the cutting room floor.

I third this request! Even if they aren't introduced proper in the canon Golarion, it'd be nice to see them fleshed out as a sort of "deleted scene(s)" in a blog post for those that have been waiting many years for the return of the Runelords.

Oooh, that would be cool. I lurk more than anything else, but I'll fourth this!

I fifth this, my players have been gunning for a fully fleshed out Xanderghul ever since Rise. A fully powered Xanderghul would be a nice Christmas present to present my plyers with.

My main question is if the Azlanti Emporer is named Ming, followed by if he is merciless. If so, I shall prepare a certain Queen song for my PCs.

To be fair, I had a team of 5 lvl 4 PCs defeat a wyrm black dragon because their dice rolled hot and the dragon's sucked. So the person you should ask is your dice.

Personaly I hope they add an easily achived feat or ability that lets you change your Key ability. Mostly because alot of classes Key abilities as written are mostly steering players into one kind of build rather than allowing different approaches to the same class. Solarion in particular, which has alot of ways to ignore having a low charisma except the low resolve points you'll have. A high str and cha operative is also viable if the key ability is switched. Same with high dex mechanic. I'll probably house rule this in but it'd be nice to have the option.

Arriveded!

Two days ago. Still havn't had time to go through it well, but decouring lore first and will savor crunch later. Still, damn good presentation and looks amazing

Yay, set in Brevoy! Also provides another reason never to attend a public function on Golarion. Festavils tends to get attacked or spoiled often.in this world.

I can see Razmir driving a Tesla, gotta show off that Bling for all those folks clamoring for you to bless their babies. Aston Martin for Storm makes sense, looks classy enough without being obnoxious, and the parallel to Bond should feed her Hero ego. Elminster in a Cadillac I can see, especially with the top down and going 100mph down the highway with eithier Zeppelin or Wagner blaring.

Thx Fergie. Didn't know about the Russin car but upon following your link I could definately see Baba Yaga driving one of those whith a g
Gingerbread motif. As for the rest of the wizards personalities:

-Jetembe: Old Mage from Mwangi Expanse (africa), love teaching and nature, NG.
-Aram Zey: Wizard of Pathfinder Society, prepared for everything, lokes no one, pure N.
-Razmir: Ages cult leader who is attempting to reach godhood, NE
-Young Infernal Sorceress and ruler of Cheliax (mixed Italy and Spain), manipulative, smart, sexy, evil, and knows it. LE.
-Queen Edassiril: Wise Elven queen in the Galadrial vein, also very nature focused and free spirited. CG
-Mordinkinen: Powerful mage who tries to keep all the alignments of his homeworld balanced, keeps himself well dressed and in his 30's with his magic, sports a Van D+#& beard, pure N
- Rary: Old mage whose spells strengthen the mind or bendsnthe minds of others, mixed Arabic and Norse, has a Saruman complex, NE.
-Igwilliv: Evil in a very unsublte way, child of a evil demigod and Baba Yaga. Keeps self young with magic, in a love hate relationship with a demon lord of conquest. CE
-Tenser: Impeccably dressed in blue outfits, powerful mage who specializes in spells that allow him to go toe to toe in melee combat, created the Transformation spell, always helping others more than he admits. LG
-Otto: Small round man who loves music and sonic effects, loves his luxuries too. Is loyal to his friends but has a mechivious side which rarely gets him in trouble. CN
-Elminster: Immensely powerful old mage who is a mix of Gandalf.and Odin. Has seen it all, done it all, happy to do it again additude. Tends to guide younger adventures against evil. Can be a curmudgeon when he dosn't get his way or is otherwise irritated. CG
-Mansoon: Master statesman and wizard as well as crimjnal mastermind. Artimas Fowl as a adult with magic. LE
-Khelban Blackstaff: Powerful mage who upholds and reinforces the powers of Law, but also puts the overall cause of life first. Shady and seldom flashy unless angered. LN
-Storm.Silverhand: As much a bard as wizard, travela about being a champion of the people and overthrower of bullies and tyrants. CG

Old 3.5 Avasculate

So I must start this thread by saying I have no working knowledge of cars. If you asked me the difference between a Farrari, a Jaguar, and a Prius I would say "paint job?"
However, my players may meet a bunch of famous wizards from D&D and Pathfinder holding a meeting on Earth in the modern day. I know what type of car and its condition/assessories can say alot about a person. So assuming they're keeping their magic on the DL, what do you think the following wizards would drive:

Golarion
-Old Mage Jatembe
-Aram Zay
-Razmir
-Abrogail Thrune (sorcerer but still there)
-Queen Edassiril
-Baba Yaga

Greyhawk
-Mordinkinen
-Rary
-Igwillv
-Tenser
-Otto

Forgotten Realms
-Elminster
-Mansoon
-Khelban Blackstaff
-Storm Silverhand

Varnhold vanishing and Jamestown vanishing.
Also the Sqndpoint Devil and Jersey Devil.

I have to say I'm in the opposite camp than most people. I like real time combat. In fact, the faster the combat the better. Turn based combat just seems to drag on over long for me, and as someone with 2-6hrs a week to play games, spending 30minutes to an hour on a single fight is way too long.
Also, to answer the why Kingmaker question, I suspect it has something to do with innovation. Alot of games that just stick to the formula wouldn't get far without a key innovation. Without nemesis Shadow of Mordor would be an Arkam Clone no one cared for. Without invasions and brutal gameplay the Dark Souls games wouls just be another third person RPG. Without kingdom building this game could be pushed aside for any other RTwP game or any western RPG for that matter. Not saying the Civ. Games don't count but to flawlessly blend those elements together with deep story and rpg adventuring is gonna be a difficult task that can also prove rewarding and put this adventure on the map.
I really like that we're going with a single player game and hope it feels really in depth Golarion. If this works I think the next adventure should be set some place less generic, like Varisia or Cheliax, or even Numeria or the Worldwound.
Otherwise, awesome, really looking forward to this.

So, coming from someone who has both started a player as a graveknight and also helped one progress, here is my opinion.
Starting: If your campaign is high enough lvl to start with a Graveknight then you as DM have enough resources at hand to deal with him off the bat. Probably require him to take a penalty since he is rediculously more powerful and immortal, like a devil he compacted with that occasionally able to call upon him at the worst time, or an aversion to things that were once sacred to him in his last life. Overcoming these obstacles can make for a fun sidequest.
If it is a late game goal, give him time to revel in his newfound power. I would suggest 4 sessions to the end. Also remember that while it is deliberate out of game, it need not be deli erate in game, and he can be cursed with his undying form due to failing a quest or tricked by a necromancer or fiend. Lastly, if it is his choice, make it a logical choice, something that will make it almost nessecary, such as pursung a nihilistic necromancer to the negative energy plane, or bodily plunging into a pool or cloud of (insert graveknight's energy here) to destroy/retrive an artifact. This way it feels like there is payoff for his actions.

Glad to he proved wrong! In which case I look forward to seeing what neiche you carve out for yourself. I have alot of your Deadly Delves and Shadowsfall products and think you already have a good system down for your adventures and campaign products, and may want to use Shadowsfall for any high level romps (being Planar already, it is a good.place to find deadly perils lurking).

As you well know, higher lvl adventures tend to sell less than lower lvl adventures. This being said, I personally need more late game content. 16+ on average, but it would be nice to go back to 20+ adventures since we now have the mythic system (as I do not know yet if anyone has been bold enough to tackle a rehash of 3.5's Epic rules).

As for subjects: I personally would like to see stuff involving deities, demigods, their spawns, their forgotten creations or sealed enemies, ect. Stuff on a truly epic scale (think God of War, Dante's Inferno, Shadow of Mordor, and Force Unleashed. Things where you step into the limelight and challenge the big named unique foes. Hopefully with better writing than some of the above mentioned).

Because everyone suspects Black Widow, no one suspects Hulk.

There are never enought Flumphs

The novels line would be a good series to make movies, especialy Varian and Radovan. They could also do TV shorts between. Movies based on their apperances in the AP stories. Looking back at the comics line, condensing those into a movie can work well too, although I feel like alot would end up being cut or rushed through. If they do end up doing the pulp pathfinder feel as mentioned by Pan above, I think that Eando Kline's adventures would work the best as many of his adventures had definate beginnings, middles, and ends while he went for a bigger goal. Although TV would be ideal for that too.

I think that a TV series would be better for Pathfinder in general, but that's not this forum, just my 2 coppers.

*Bone Crushing Hug* Brilliant! You make the impossible possible! *Straps on scimitar and koif* Onward, to adventure. I thank you and shall remember you fondly, miracle travel agent! Tally Ho!
(Fails to notice the plane has Abyssal Airlines logo upon it).

*Casts Death Ward, accepts hug*
If only more travel agents gave refunds via hugs. Oh well, I still have the First World to visit more.

Yay! Hope you enjoy your flight to the lovely province of Kelesh.

Sadly the flight (link) reported in crashed. Thanks anyway Rysky.

You can download from the product page, it's on the same tabs as Review and Comments.

If you can't get to the product page just type Qadira, Jewel of the East into your internet search engine and it should be one of the first things that pop up.

Try that, hopefully it will let you get your PDFs :3

Thanks Rysky, you're the best travel agent ever! :)

Into the ground.
But in seriousness; I use them as an outline for character ideas and encounters, but don't usually railroad players. In fact, I usually try to get my players to think that what the book has prepared is not what I have ready, since they pride themselves as being able to skip huge sections of the adventure.

48. Blame Cosmo
49. Narlarthalnothep has him hidden in Kadath with the other forgotten gods of men.
50. Died in a battle with a supremely strong Veild Master who was taking the Test of the Starstone to achieve godhood. Soon "Aroden" will return with sleight shifts in his dogma...

Back in my day, thrednomancy required using actual thread.
Also, back in my day, no one whined about party balance or race points. If everyone wanted to play minotaur psions, we ran with it damn it!

Torag: As the forge made thee. & Till the stone takes ye.
Cayden: Cheers to your coming. & I shall toast thee tomorrow.
Gozrah: As the winds take thee.
Erastil: As our forebears once met. & GET OFF MY LAWN!

Reading through this, sounds like an idea I may steal from.This being said, there would be a premeditated way out, because that's only fair.
On another note, I see alot of people demanding a reward for sticking to the rightious path, like free rezs and powers ect, and I'd like to remind people that sometimes, fighting the good fight is its own reward. At the end of your days, as you kneel in dust and feel your life ebb away, and you can look back and see that the world is better for you having been in it, then you've been a good paladin. Not only in fighting evil, but in being a mentor and example to others, in making a difference when others faltered to act, in being a shoulder to cry upon and a hand to help others rise. And if you go to the Great Beyond with no greater reward than having made others lives better for your passing, and you can die content with that...
That, is what makes you a great Paladin.

But yeah, it can also mean your DM is a dick.

Captain Kuro wrote:

One of the things to remember about undead are their intristic link to the negative energy plane which animates their bodies. This link to a hostile, ravenous energy which is the antethisis of all life is a powerful corrupting agent which comes to color the mindset of those afflicted with undeath anx is responsible for the unnatural hunger of diet dependant undead. So even if an undead didn't start evil, this influence which breaks down the pshyche of an individual until it is little more than a ravenous sub-human monstrosity can degrade most of the strongest souls (some notable souls being an exception rather than a rule).

Negative energy is not inherently aligned.

A valid argument. However, negative energy is still a consumer of positive energy, which is the basis of life and usually held as sacred by those who are of good alignment. With the negative energy seeking to consume these energies, or colouring the afflicted's minds with hatred and jealousy for those who have positive energy animating them, the undead descend morally into evil per the standards set by mortal societies.

Back in my day, we didn't have any of this limited DR. You didn't pack a backup silver weapon you weren't hurting that werewolf that was eating your face. And back in my day we didn't need these Lovecraftian Horrorz to put the fear of the DM into players. We had vampires and ghosts and wraiths which did the job just fine. And on that note, we didn't have dungeons that had to advertise that they were hard, THEY WERE ALL HARD!

One of the things to remember about undead are their intristic link to the negative energy plane which animates their bodies. This link to a hostile, ravenous energy which is the antethisis of all life is a powerful corrupting agent which comes to color the mindset of those afflicted with undeath anx is responsible for the unnatural hunger of diet dependant undead. So even if an undead didn't start evil, this influence which breaks down the pshyche of an individual until it is little more than a ravenous sub-human monstrosity can degrade most of the strongest souls (some notable souls being an exception rather than a rule).

They have all taken a vacation to Sarusan. That is why there are no detaila on that corner of Golarion, they don't want to have nosy adventurers coming in and crowding their vacation spot.

So I have recently become a huge fan of the Dark Souls Series, and one of the greatest aspects of the game is the "Story w/o telling". With the exception of the occasional peice of dungeon dressing (how'd this doorknob get in the iron maiden?) Or monster (How did the Hydra get through that 5ft door?), most stories in dungeons are able to be puzzled and figured out.
So how would you go about creating a dungeon where very little to nothing is explained? A game where NPCs are uninterested in holding their hands through quests or will lie and misdirect to achieve their ends, where they walk in the wake of great events and have to discover what happened before if they want a chance to get out of their situation alive? As a (mostly) nonvisual media, the game's method of hiding hints in scenery is impratical, and without item descriptions like in the game, hidden messeges and wordgame riddles will be harder to insert. Any ideas how to meet this challenge?

Our Weapons: No joke, we managed to escape an enemy camp and slaughter the graurds using their lamp oil and an unguarded torch. We then preceeded to the next town and completely forgot to get our gear from the storage.

As usual I'll probably end up buying all the APs they produce. That being said, if Starfinder will be having the same release ratio as Pathfinder I may be forced to choose between the two since my wallet isn't made of gold and stuffed with platinum.
As for the APs
Ironfang makes the top of the list. I've wanted more information on Nirmathas for a very long time and this adventure also feels like it is a gesalt of LoTR, King Arthur, and Robbin Hood with a touch of Dragon Age.
Strange Eons is next because everything is better with Lovecraft.
Ruins of Azlant I'm on the fence with. I've always wanted to learn more about lost Azlant, but the Underwater scene has never been my thing. Maybe I'll be plesently suprised and find my previous outlook to be biased due to my own lack of gills, and with aboliths involved I think that'll prove the case.

590. A Guide to Orc Pasttimes: A book describing games enjoyed by orc communities, including Skull Bowling (where shotputs are thrown at a crowd of terrified humans to see how many skulls a single shotput caves in), Arm Wrestling (where daggers are inserted through the bottom of the table so that the loser gets their appendage impaled), and Orc Billards (where a slave or prisioner is tied to a stake in a field and painted catapult stones are fired in an attept to get closest to the slave/prisoner). Provides a +2 bonus on diplomacy and bluff against orcs, or a +5 if you actually win any of these games.

The best place to live is where the PCs aren't present.

Disagree. At least problems are being fixed when the PCs are there, unlike the stagnent corruption or growing dread in places they are not. So if u don't mind dodging the stray monster or fireball then PC hotspots are the best places to live!

I'm in the Land of the Linnorm King and Mammoth Lords camp, mostly because I love vikings and tribal socieities. That being said, a journey to Arcadia (possibly from the Linnorm Kingdoms) would be awesome, as well as a Around Golarion in 80 Days type setup where the players spend some time crossing all the continents so everyone's outside inner sea itch can be scratched without the devs having to dedicate themselves to one culture too long.

Gray wrote:

I was surprised that they wanted to keep going and some would play via skype when they could.

I keep trying to get rid of players because my roommates invited too many people (we had like 10). So I broke them into groups and the little buggers have been trying to get into every other group and are ALWAYS trying to skype in.

Like, seriously, gaming is crack, don't be surprised when they try to keep getting their fix.

This happendd to me. I still have whole groups of players on waiting lists to get into campaigns. If DMing was a job it'd have the best security in the world.

He forgot about who was hiding in the Child's closet before he left.

The paladin fell for trading his place in the deli line to avoid his ex.

92. You find a body on the road whose chest cavity has been torn open... frok the inside.
93. This section of road is under the effect of the awkward silence spell.
94. You come across a rabble of orcs attacking some knights who are clearly outnumbered. A group of peasants stand nearby shouting and cheering. Unbeknownsted by the players they have come across an elaborate play (orcs are actors).
95. They come to an Inn where by rights no Inn should be. There is a box outside the front door that reads: 1gp per night per costumer. If the PCs put coins in the slot in the box they hear it rattle down a pipe and the door unlocks. Inside is a well kept inn with no prorieter and boxes next to all the usual goods and services, making the Inn entirely automated.
96. Flail Snail poetry.
97. A dead man on the side of the road lying admist discarded wraps labled "Jerky". Massive footprints lead deeper into the woods.
98. Some escaped prisoners from a POW camp who are desperately scrambling to get back before they are missed by their bumbling captors.
99. Two men, one trying to get the attention of the other, while the other stedfastly ignores him. If asked, the second man believes the first is an illusion.
100. An Orc paladin battling two evil elves who try and convince the party to help in slaying the foul orc.

THREADNOMANCER STRIKES AGAIN!
Also to add an amendment to my previous post, Karzoug, because his evil and depravity is what started Pathfinderz great Adventure Paths series.

Harkevich is banned for not fileing the correct paperwork to sepina evidence.

I AM THE GOD OF WAR: Sucessfully cause the death of an entity at least demon lord status or greater.

Down the Rabbit Hole: Travel to the Firstworld

"How many of those do you have?" "FIFTY!!": Die three times or more in the same combat.

The trail that we Blaze: Get lost doing a survival check but still make more than 300gp before finding the right trail.

I ment to do that...: Kill a non-PC enemy with a natural 1.

To the Pain: sucessfully perform a called shot on every avaible spot except the ears.

I'm not thrilled, I've always been more of a fan of good costume and props than outright CGI, but then again, done well, CGI can blow my mind.
My bigger concern is if it will FEEL like a game of D&D and still be a good movie, which has been a stumbling block for previous D&D movies.

Sadly I tend to find that my gaming group has difficulty adjusting to female players. This is not due to overt sexism, but usually because the one woman in the group is outnumbered by the mass of desperate single men. Inevitably someone starts hitting on the "gamer chick" and someone else gets jealious and then they start quarrelling while the woman in the group gets weirded out and the other players gut irritated with the whole affair. It is a shame because I always welcomed a woman's perspective in these games.
This being said, I have seen three occasions where one player that is the opposite gender of the rest of the gaming group (twice with woman and once with a man) tries to use the gaming group as their personal harem. In two cases they were outright rejected, but the one case they succeeded it ripped the group apart and destroyed many of the friendships. This is also a shame for it casts such a pall on mixed gender groups.

Wow, Hama, gotta say that one is impressive, you had a Real Life random encounter and handled it quite well. I'm also sorry to hear about your fried Grey, it's difficult when a good friend has such a bad family and I wish you and your friends all the best.

As a DM I have always added a bit of spice to important encounters by tossing a bit of Background Music into my encounters, and I always have a go to list for certain monsters or types of monsters. However my list is starting to get a bit stale (and predictable) and I was interested to see what the rest of the Paizo community use for their encounter music, either for specific bosses or general creatures.
For Example
Vampire Bosses: Van Helsing Sondtrack
Anything from Leng: Prince of Persia, Warrior Within
Taldorians: Anything posh and classical
Orcs: Usually any of the Howard Shore LOTR or Hobbit soundtracks, but occasionally the God of War soundtracks for brutal orcs.
Demons & Devils: Hanz Zimmer's Angels and Demons and DiVinci Code
Baphomet: Avenged Sevenfold's Sheppard of Fire
King Ivoretti: Avenged Sevenfold's Hail to the King
Kingmaker Adventure Path: Game of Thrones Soundtrack
Mythic: Two Steps from Hell
Last Stands:Requiem for a Dream

Not looking at it mechanically, but from the perspective of a powerful evil wizard, Lichdom is not only worth it, but does not have to be the final step. All the steps described above for living characters (the contingencies, demiplanes, ect.) are still possible for the lich once he has the resources and power to perform those deeds. The reincarnations, resurrections, ect. just have to be set for when someone destroys his phylactery. He will lose the lich template, but he would have successfully have dodged his death, the world will think he is perma-deathed, and he'll now be able to pursue his living immortality with the powers and abilities he achieved while undead.
Also, Worm that Walk OR Lich? Why not AND? ;P

903. You may not loot the 5000lbs crystal simply because you have the strength score t do so.
904. You may not use said 5000lbs crystal to kill the campaign's BBEG.
905. You may not animate said crystal to roll upon the BBEG's body like a rolling pin.

WotR: Xanthir Vang

S&S : Barnabas Herrigan

Early Osirion Modules: Her Magistrix's Expeditionary

Homebrew game, CHR: Ehrimun